Sibanye-Stillwater reported that production from the Siphumelele shaft has been suspended due to damage to the shaft’s surface infrastructure that occurred on February 29, 2024. An ore collector bin attached to the shaft...
Ivanhoe Mines’ Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) produced 86,203 metric tons (mt) of copper in concentrate during the first quarter of 2024. The company said it expects the complex to...
Mining continues to engage with the many difficult issues that affect the future of the industry and broader society, judging by the topics and turn-out at this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town. “The event...
B2Gold Corp. reported that three of its employees were killed and several others were wounded when an employee transport convoy from the Fekola mine was attacked by terrorists in Mali. Traveling...
Barrick Gold recently announced that the Lumwana copper mine’s Super Pit expansion project has been accelerated with first production now scheduled for 2028. The project will transform Lumwana into...
Ivanhoe Mines has signed a new joint venture (JV) agreement with Gécamines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s state-owned mining company, to restart the ultra-high-grade Kipushi...
Rio Tinto recently provided an update on the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, which is being progressed in partnership with CIOH, a Chinalco-led consortium, Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS), Baowu, and the Republic of...
The first shipment of copper concentrate from the Ivanhoe Mines’ Kamoa-Kakula copper complex arrived by rail at the Atlantic Ocean port of Lobito, in Angola. The first shipment is a part of the...
Ghana’s Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has granted a mining lease for the Ewoyaa Lithium Project, which is being developed by Piedmont Lithium and its partner, Atlantic Lithium Ltd. The mining lease provides exclusive...
On Monday, November 27, 2023, Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. (Implats) reported a serious safety failure involving its hoisting system at the 11 Shaft of its Rustenburg operation in South Africa’s...
Trigon Metals Inc. shipped its first copper concentrate from the Kombat mine in Namibia on Friday, September 29. During the September, the company said mining operations continued to perform well, providing a consistent plant...
